Geometry Problem Set I: Easy 1.

If p is the circumference of the circle Q and the area of the circle is 25, what is the value of p ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2. 25 10 35 15 25

30

A rectangular field is 3.2 yards long. A fence marking the boundary is 11.2 yards in length. What is the area of the field in square yards? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 4.68 7.68 9.28 11.28 12.38

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ABCD is a square and one of its sides AB is also a chord of the circle as shown in the figure. What is the area of the square?

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31 In the figure, lines l and m are parallel. If y z = 60, then what is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 60 75 90 120 135

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In the triangle, what is the value of x ?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

70 y

25 55 60 77 85

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

20 30 35 45 50

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What is the value of y in the figure?

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Geometry In the figure, what is the value of a ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 16 18 36 54 72

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7.

2a 3a 4a l

8.

In the figure, what is the average of the five angles shown inside the circle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 36 45 60 72 90

a (2a b)

a + b

(2a + b) (2a 2b)

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In the figure, O is the center of the circle. What is average of the numbers a, b, c, and d ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 45 60 90 180 360

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b d O c

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10.

Column A The perimeter of ABC A

Column B The circumference of the circle

12.

Column A

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A circle is inscribed in a triangle.

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O C Column B The circumference of the circle The perimeter of the triangle Medium 13.

Column A A

In ABC, B = 72

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The perimeter of quadrilateral ABCD

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Column A

The circumference of the circle

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Geometry In the figure, AD and BC are lines intersecting at O. What is the value of a ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 15 30 45 60 135

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14.

A y

5x + 5a O 5y/2

2x + 30

B 15. From the figure, which one of the following must be true? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) y=z y<z y z y >z yz

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y z 3x

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35 From the figure, which one of the following could be the value of b ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 30 60 75 90

16.

b a/2

2a b O a/2 + 2b 2a 2b

17.

AD is the longest side of the right triangle ABD shown in the figure. What is the length of longest side of ABC ?

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

2 3

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Geometry In the figure, what is the value of a ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 30 45 60 72 90 l 6c a 3c b 2b m

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18.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

a=b a=c c=d d=b b=c p l a b q

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21.

20.

A, B, C, and D are points on a line such that point B bisects line AC and point A bisects line CD. What is the ratio of AB to CD ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1/4 1/3 1/2 2/3 3/4

If A, B, C , D, and E are points in a plane such that line CD bisects ACB and line CB bisects right angle ACE, then DCE = (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 22.5 45 57.5 67.5 72.5

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19.

In the figure, lines l and m are parallel. Which one of the following, if true, makes lines p and q parallel?

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22.

From the figure, which of the following must be true? (I) (II) (III) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) x + y = 90 x is 35 units greater than y x is 35 units less than y I only II only III only I and II only I and III only l 35

m 23.

In the figure, triangles ABC and ABD are right triangles. What is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 30 50 70 90 B

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Geometry In the figure, ABC is a right triangle. What is the value of y ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 30 50 70 90 B y

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24.

25.

The following are the measures of the sides of five different triangles. Which one of them represents a right triangle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 3, 4 , 1, 5, 4 7, 3, 4 3, 7 , 4, 8, 10 5 4

26.

ABC is a right-angled isosceles triangle, and B is the right angle in the triangle. If AC measures 7 2 , then which one of the following would equal the lengths of AB and BC, respectively? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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39 In the figure, if AB = 8, BC = 6, AC = 10 and CD = 9, then AD = (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 12 13 15 17 24

27.

8 10

B 28.

The average length of the sides of ABC is 12. What is the perimeter of ABC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 4 6 12 24 36 A

29.

Which one of the following is true regarding the triangle shown in figure? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) x>y>z x<y<z x=y=z 2x = 3y/2 = z x/2 = 2y/3 = z

1 1/2

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z B 2

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle, and the area of ACE is 10. What is the area of the rectangle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 18 22.5 36 44 45 B 4 E 5 D C

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30.

31.

In the figure, what is the area of ABC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2 2 1 1 2 1/2

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41 In the figure, O is the center of the circle. Which one of the following must be true about the perimeter of the triangle shown? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Always less than 10 Always greater than 40 Always greater than 30 Always less than 30 Less than 40 and greater than 20

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B A

33.

Which of the following must be true? (I) (II) (III) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The area of triangle P. The area of triangle Q. The area of triangle R. I = II = III I < II < III I > II < III III < I < II III > I > II

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10

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Which one of the following is true? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) x<y x>q x>p y>p y>q A x 30 31 D p C y B

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3 4 5 4 3 7

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In the figure, the areas of parallelograms EBFD and AECF are 3 and 2, respectively. What is the area of rectangle ABCD ?

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36.

In the figure, the area of rectangle ABCD is 100. What is the area of the square EFGH ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 256 275 309 399 401

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2x + 5

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37.

In the figure, the area of rectangle EFGH is 3 units greater than the area of rectangle ABCD. What is the value of ab if a + b = 8? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 9 12 15 18 21 x+6

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E x+b

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x+2 x+2

Geometry In the figure, the area of rectangle ABCD is 45. What is the area of the square EFGH ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 40 50 65 70

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46 48 72 84 96

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In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram, what is the value of b ?

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45 In the figure, AB and CD are the diameters of the circle. What is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 16 18 26 32 58

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A 32 O B

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41.

In the figure, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, and j are chords of the circle. Which two chords are parallel to each other? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) a and f b and g c and h d and i e and j c b 40 35 35 a 30 40e d

35 j 32 i 45 h

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47 A and B are centers of two circles that touch each other externally, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the circle whose diameter is AB ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 4 25/4 9 16 25

42.

B 2 3

The figure is not drawn to scale.

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43.

In the figure, which one of the following angles is the greatest?

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44.

In the figure, A, B, C, and D are points on a line in that order. If AC = 5, BD = 10, and AD = 13, then what is the length of BC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2 8 15 18 28

45.

The side length of a square inscribed in a circle is 2. What is the area of the circle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2 2 2 2 2

A 60

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47.

Which of the following could be the four angles of a parallelogram? 50, 130, 50, 130 125, 50, 125, 60 60, 110, 60, 110 I only II only I and II only I and III only I, II and III

(I) (II) (III) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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20 10 10 20 20

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In the figure shown, if A = 60, B = C, and BC = 20, then AB =

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49 In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and E is a point on the side AB. If AB = 10 and AD = 5, what is the area of the shaded region in the figure? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 25 30 35 40 45 E B

48.

49.

What is the area of the equilateral triangle if the base BC = 6? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 9 3 18 3 26 3 30 3 36 3 A

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD is a square, and OB is a radius of the circle. If BC is a tangent to the circle and PC = 2, then what is the area of the square? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 16 20 25 36 42

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D 51.

y-axis

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

3 4 4 5 10

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In the figure shown, AB is a diameter of the circle and O is the center of the circle. If A = (3, 4), then what is the circumference of the circle?

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51 A, B, and C are three unequal faces of a rectangular tank. The tank contains a certain amount of water. When the tank is based on the face A, the height of the water is half the height of the tank. The dimensions of the side B are 3 ft 4 ft and the dimensions of side C are 4 ft 5 ft. What is the measure of the height of the water in the tank in feet? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 53. 2 2.5 3 4 5

52.

In the figure, if line CE bisects ACB, then x = (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 45 50 55 65 70

40

x x

90

B 54. In the figure, P = (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 15 30 35 40 50

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55.

The length of a rectangular banner is 3 feet 2 inches, and the width is 2 feet 4 inches. Which one of the following equals the area of the banner? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 5 sq. feet 5 1/2 sq. feet 6 1/3 sq. feet 7 sq. feet 7 7/18 sq. feet

56.

In the figure, if A = C, then x = (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 30 60 90 150 180 A y/2

x O y D

The dimensions in the figure may be different from what they appear to be.

57.

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Column A

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The width and length of a rectangle are 6 inches and 12 inches, respectively. Column B The area of the rectangle when its width is decreased by 4 inches and its length is not changed |a| is the distance point a is from the origin on the number line. x 0. A regular polygon of 24 sides is inscribed in a circle. Column B |x 2| Column B The circumference of the circle

58.

59.

The area of the rectangle when its length is decreased by 4 inches and its width is not changed Column A |x| + |2| Column A The perimeter of the polygon

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Hard 60. In the figure, lines l and k are parallel. Which one of the following must be true? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) a< b ab a= b ab a> b (b + 30)

a b k

61.

In the figure, lines l and k are parallel. If a is an acute angle, then which one of the following must be true? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) b > 10 b > 15 b < 20 b < 30 b > 45

(b + 30)

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62.

The diagonal length of a square is 14.1 sq. units. What is the area of the square, rounded to the nearest integer? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 96 97 98 99 100

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Geometry In the figure, ABC and ADC are right triangles. Which of the following could be the lengths of AD and DC, respectively? (I) 3 and 4 (II) 4 and 6 (III) 1 and 24 (IV) 1 and 26 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) I and II only II and III only III and IV only IV and I only I, II and III only A

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3 C 64. In the figure, what is the value of x ? (A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60 (E) 75

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55 In the figure, what is the value of x ? (A) 10 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60 (E) 75

65.

5 52 5 5 5

66.

If ABCD is a square and the area of AFG is 10, then what is the area of AEC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 5 10 2 10 3 10 20

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle, and F and E are points on AB and BC, respectively. The area of DFB is 9 and the area of BED is 24. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 18 23 30 42 48

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4 E

68.

In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. The area of quadrilateral EBFD is one-half the area of the rectangle ABCD. Which one of the following is the value of AD ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 5 6 7 12 15

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57 In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle, and the area of quadrilateral AFCE is equal to the area of ABC. What is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 5 6 7 12 15

69.

70.

12

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

42 50 56 64 72

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In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. Points E and F cut the sides BC and CD of the rectangle respectively such that EC = 3, FC = 4, and AD = 12, and the areas of the crossed and the shaded regions in the figure are equal. Which one of the following equals the perimeter of rectangle ABCD ?

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71.

What is the perimeter of ABC shown in the figure? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2+ 4+ 8 4+ 4+ 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 3

2z A 2 z y C y B x

72.

In the figure, what is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 90 95 100 105 115

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59 In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. Points P, Q, R, S, and T cut side AB of the rectangle such that AP = 3, PQ = QR = RS = ST = 1. E is a point on AD such that AE = 3. Which one of the following line segments is parallel to the diagonal BD of the rectangle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) EP EQ ER ES ET

73.

15 A 3 P 1 Q 1 R 1 S 1 T B

3 E

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In the, figure A, B and C are points on the circle. What is the value of x ?

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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

45 55 60 65 70

B C

75 35 O

The figure is not drawn to scale.

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD and PQRS are two rectangles inscribed in the circle as shown and AB = 4, AD = 3, and QR = 4. What is the value of l ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 3/2 8/3 3 4 5

60

75.

A 4 l

76.

In the figure, ABCD and PQRS are rectangles inscribed in the circle shown in the figure. If AB = 5, AD = 3, and QR = 4, then what is the value of l ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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3 4 5

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61 77. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle inscribed in the circle shown. What is the length of the arc DC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) /4 2/3 /2 3/4 4/3 A B

78. Which one of the following relations is true regarding the angles of the quadrilateral shown in figure? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A A = B > A < B = A = C D C D B 3 B

79. In a triangle with sides of lengths 3, 4, and 5, the smallest angle is 36.87. In the figure, O is the center of the circle of radius 5. A and B are two points on the circle, and the distance between the points is 6. What is the value of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 36.87 45 53.13 116.86 126.86

The figure is not drawn to scale.

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80.

Which of following indicates that ABC is a right triangle? (I) (II) (III) (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The angles of ABC are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. One of the angles of ABC equals the sum of the other two angles. ABC is similar to the right triangle DEF. I only II only III only I and II only I, II, and III

81.

In the figure, O is the center of the circle of radius 3, and ABCD is a square. If PC = 3 and the side BC of the square is a tangent to the circle, then what is the area of the square ABCD ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 25 27 36 42 56

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63 In the figure shown, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and AOF is an equilateral triangle. The perimeter of AOF is 2a feet. What is the perimeter of the hexagon in feet? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2a 3a 4a 6a 12a

82.

85.

Water is poured into an empty cylindrical tank at a constant rate. In 10 minutes, the height of the water increased by 7 feet. The radius of the tank is 10 feet. What is the rate at which the water is poured? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 11/8 cubic feet per minute. 11/3 cubic feet per minute. 7/60 cubic feet per minute. 11 cubic feet per minute. 70 cubic feet per minute.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

10 10 20 30 30

10 miles 20 miles 10 miles 10 miles 20 miles

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84.

Point A is 10 miles West of Point B. Point B is 30 miles North of Point C. Point C is 20 miles East of Point D. What is the distance between points A and D?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

0.25 0.5 1 5 25

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83.

The area of the base of a tank is 100 sq. ft. It takes 20 seconds to fill the tank with water poured at rate of 25 cubic feet per second. What is the height in feet of the rectangular tank?

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86.

The length of a rectangle is increased by 25%. By what percentage should the width be decreased so that the area of the rectangle remains unchanged? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 25 30 33.33 50

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

0 2 3 4 5 B(a, b)

A(0, 2)

D(0, 0)

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C(a, 2)

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87.

In the rectangular coordinate system shown, ABCD is a parallelogram. If the coordinates of the points A, B, C, and D are (0, 2), (a, b), (a, 2), and (0, 0), respectively, then b =

65 In the figure, if AB = 10, what is the length of the side CD ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 5 5 3 10 3 10 10 3

88.

B 5 x 90 x D

89.

In the figure, what is the area of ABC if EC/CD = 3 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 12 24 81 121.5 143

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Geometry AB and CD are chords of the circle, and E and F are the midpoints of the chords, respectively. The line EF passes through the center O of the circle. If EF = 17, then what is radius of the circle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 10 12 13 15 25

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A 5 E O 12

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Column A Length of side AB

92.

A closed rectangular tank contains a certain amount of water. When the tank is placed on its 3 ft by 4 ft side, the height of the water in the tank is 5 ft. When the tank is placed on another side of dimensions 4 ft by 5 ft, what is the height, in feet, of the surface of the water above the ground? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2 3 4 5 6

93.

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The perimeter of rectangle ABCD is 5/2 times as long as the side AB.

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Column B Length of side BC Column B The counterclockwise angle made by the hour hand and the minute hand at 12:45pm

94.

The clockwise angle made by the hour hand and the minute hand at 12:15pm

AC, a diagonal of the rectangle ABCD, measures 5 units. The area of the rectangle is 12 sq. units. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 7 14 17 20 28

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67 In the figure, ABC is inscribed in the circle. The triangle does not contain the center of the circle O. Which one of the following could be the value of x in degrees? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 35 70 85 90 105 A x

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In the figure, ABCD is a square, and BC is tangent to the circle with radius 3. If PC = 2, then what is the area of square ABCD ?

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Geometry In the figure, ABCD is a square and BCP is an equilateral triangle. What is the measure of x ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 7.5 15 30 45 60 B

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D 98. Column A

A circular park is enlarged uniformly such that it now occupies 21% more land.

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99.

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In the figure, ABCD and ABEC are parallelograms. The area of the quadrilateral ABED is 6. What is the area of the parallelogram ABCD ?

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The percentage increase in the radius of the park due to the enlargement

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69 100. In the figure, lines l 1, l 2, and l 3 are parallel to one another. Line-segments AC and DF cut the three lines. If AB = 3, BC = 4, and DE = 5, then which one of the following equals DF ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 3/30 15/7 20/3 6 35/3

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36 45 60 75 Cannot be determined

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101. In the figure, AB is parallel to CD. What is the value of x ?

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102.

Column A

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In the figure, P and Q are centers of the two circles of radii 3 and 4, respectively. A and B are the points at which a common tangent touches each circle. A B

Column B

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103.

Column A

In the figure, ABC is inscribed in the circle. The triangle does not contain the center of the circle O.

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104.

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Measure of the largest angle (in degrees) of a triangle with sides of length 5, 6, and 7

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Column B 90 Column B 60

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Very Hard 105. In the figure, if y = 60, then what is the value of z ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 20 30 55 75 90

z x

106. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and AF is parallel to BE. If x = 5, and y = 10, then what is the area of AFD ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A 2.5 5 12.5 50 50 + 5y y B

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78. B 79. C 80. E 81. B 82. C 83. D 84. A 85. E 86. A 87. D 88. C 89. D 90. C 91. C 92. B 93. B 94. B 95. E 96. C 97. C 98. B 99. B 100.E 101.E 102.B 103.A 104.A 105.B 106.C

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In this case, q + r = 180 and therefore it cannot be determined from the information given. The answer is (E). Problem Set J: 1.

In triangle ABC, AB = 5 and AC = 3. Which one of the following is the measure of the length of side BC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) BC < 7 BC = 7 BC > 7 BC 7 It cannot be determined from the information given

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In the figure to the right, what is the area of ABC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 6 7 8 9 It cannot be determined from the information given

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In the figure to the right, which one of the following is the measure of angle ?

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In isosceles triangle ABC, CA = CB = 4. Which one of the following is the area of triangle ABC ? 7 8 9 10 It cannot be determined from the information given

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In the coordinate system shown, if (b, a) lies in Quadrant III, then in which quadrant can the point (a, b) lie? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) I only II only III only IV only In any one of the four quadrants.

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In the figure, the point A(m, n) lies in Quadrant II as shown. In which region is the point B(n, m) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Quadrant I Quadrant II Quadrant II Quadrant IV On the x-axis

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Which of the following statements is true about the line segment with endpoints (1, 1) and (1, 1)? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Crosses the x-axis only. Crosses the y-axis only. Crosses the y-axis on its positive side. Passes through the origin (0, 0). Crosses the x- and y-axes on their negative sides.

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All the lines in the rectangular coordinate system shown in the figure are either horizontal or vertical with respect to the x-axis. What is the area of the figure ABCDEFGH ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 15 15.5 16 16.5 17

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In the figure, the horizontal and vertical lines divide the square ABCD into 16 equal squares as shown. What is the area of the shaded region?

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